turned to drug consumption and traffic or pimps to help complete their stream of self-destruction,

继而吸毒贩毒拉皮条走向完全毁灭
avoiding suicide only to punish the memory of some absent father

她们不选择自杀只是为了惩罚记忆中出走的父亲
or to sustain the misery of some silent mother.

或是延续沉默的母亲的不幸
Except for Marie's fabled love for Dewey Prince, these women hated men, all men,

除了麦莉对杜依·普林斯虚构的爱情这类女人恨所有男人
without shame, apology or discrimination.

这种恨意中没有任何羞愧歉意并且对所有人一视同仁
They abused their visitors with a scorn grown mechanical from use:

她们辱骂所有的访客不带感情地鄙视他们
black men, white men, Puerto Ricans, Mexican, Jews, Poles, whatever.

黑人白人波多黎各人墨西哥人犹太人波兰人所有人都一样
All were inadequate and weak.

全是无能又软弱的男人
All came under their jaundiced eyes

所有人都要经受她们蔑视的目光
and were the recipients of their disinterested wrath.

并成为她们无差别的愤怒的对象
They took delight in cheating them.

她们从欺骗这些男人中得到快乐
On one occasion the town well knew they lured a Jew up the stairs,

有一件小镇上尽人皆知的事情她们引诱一个犹太人上楼